Whip-actuating device



April 7, 1925. 1,532,816

P. B. HANSEN ET AL WHIP ACTUATING DEVICE Filed Dec. 6, 1923 SHG: nu

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Application filed December 8, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownl that we, Pnfrur. B. HANSEN and MnLviN HANSEN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at TJiborgg in the county of Vllurncr and'State ofiouth Dakota, have inventedy certain new and use ful Improvements in lNhip-rictuating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in whip actuating devices.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device to which whips may be attached. for permitting the latter to be considerable distance therefrom.

A further object of th invention is to provide a whip actuating device which may be mountedv on the tongue of a. sulky. or gang plow, adjacent to the lead horses, for permitting a, person on the drivers seat to make such lead horses do. their share of the pulling.

A further object of the invention is to provide. a device of the above mentioned type which is of extremely simple construction and one that may be manufactured at a very nominal cost..

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

ln the accompanying dra-wing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is atop plan view of the whip actuating device embodying this invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevational vie-w of the 'device shown in Fig. 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmetary rear elevational view, partly in section, of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view showing a fragmentary portion of the device and taken upon line IV-IV of Fig. 3.

Int-he drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of this invention, the numeral 5 designates a reversely bent supporting bracket having suitable apertures 6 formed in its inner end which permit the said supporting bracket tobe suitably secured to the tongue of a sulky or gang plow, adjacent to the leadhorses. The elevated section 5a of the reverse-ly bent supporting bracket 5 has suit- Seiial No, 578,945.

ably attached thereto as by the rivets 7,. a transversely extending bar 8 which is provided with perpendicularly extendingl end portions 9 which act as stops for the whip carrying arms which will be described at a later point. The upper end section 5a of the reversely bent supporting bracket. 5 is provided with a suitable, aperture 101l which is adapted for receiving the bolt 11, asbest illustrated in Fig. 4. The washer 12 is in.- terposed between the head of the bolt 11 and he surface of the end section 5a positioned adjacent thereto.

This bolt 11 is adaptedfor pivotally supporting th whip carrying arms 13 andv 14 which are retained in spaced relation to each other by means of the spacer element 15 while the lower whip carrying arm 14 is retained in spaced) relation to the bracket end sections 5a by means of the spacer ele-ment 16. An additional washer 17 is interposed between the upper space of the upper whip carrying arm 13 and the inner face of the nut carried by the bolt 11, yas illustrated'.L It. will be seen by this'const-ructionl that the whip carrying arms 13 and 14 will be permitted to freely rotate upon the bolt 11. it will also be seen, by inspecting Figs. 1 and 3, that the said whip carrying arms 13 and 14 are pivotally connected to tie bolt 11 at points suitably spaced inwardly from their inner ends. By inspecting Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, it will be seen that these whip carrying arms 13 and 14V are provided with suitably spaced apertures positioned adjacent their outer' ends which are adapted for receiving the hook-shaped clamping bolts 19 by means of which the handleJ ends 2O of the whips may be secured to the said arms.

Suitably secured to the intermediate portion of the reversely bent supporting bracket 5, as by the lock nuts 21 is a perpendicularly extending eye bolt 22 which is of angular formation and is provided with the depending pair ofpulleys 23, as best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Suitably attached to lthe inner ends of the Vupper and lower whip carrying arms 13 and 14 as at 13a and 14a, are the cables 24 and 25 which pass over the pulleys 23 and extend rearwardly to the drivers seat. It will be seen by this construction, that when the cable 24 is pulled by the driver, the upper whip carrying arm 13 will be swung or pivoted upon the bolt 11 in the direction of the arrow and that when the cable 25 is lower whip carrying arm 14 will be pivoted or swung forwardly in the direction of the arrow illustrated in Fig. 1. For the purpose of returning these arms 13 and 14 to their normal inoperative positions against the perpendicular stop elements 9, the upper whip carrying arm 13 is suitably connected to the tension spring 26, as' at 13b which is posit-ioned outwardly orI the tulcruni point of the said arm 13. This tension spring 26 is connected at its other end to the eye ot the angular bolt 22. The lower whip carrying arm is connected to the tension spring` 2?, as at 14b which is spaced outwardly of the tulcrum point of the said lower arm 14. This tension spring 27 is also connected at its free end to the eye of the angle bolt 22.

'lhe operation oi'l thc device is as :tol- .lws:- l

It is to be understood that the reversely bent supporting bracket is to be mounted upon the end of the tongue ot a sulky or gang plow rearwardly of thc lead horses. `When the driver desires to cause the right hand lead horse to pull harder than the letthand horse or in othery words desires to whip the right hand horse, he pulls upon the cord 24 which actuates the whip carrying arm 13. In a similar manner, when the driver desires to whip the left hand lead horse, he pulls upon the cable 25 which will actnate the lower whip carrying arm 14. When the pulling force has been released from the cables 24 and 25, the tension springs 26 and 27 respectively will return the whip carryshown in F ig. 1 pulled upon,the

ing arms 13 and 14 to their normal inoperative positions against the stops 9.

It is to understood that the `forni of this invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred example of the saine, and that various changes in the sha-pe, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ot the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus claim In a device or' the type described, a reversely bent supporting' bracket, an upright fastened to one end of said bracket, upper and lower arms pivoted on said upright, hook-shaped whip clamping bolts carried by each arm, a perpen-dicularly extending angular eye bolt connected to the intermediate portion of the reversely bent bracket, a spring connected toieach arm outwardly of its pivot point and to the eye oi" said bolt, a transversely extending bar mounted on the end oi" the bracket to which said upright is fastened and having perpendicular end portions adapted to engage the ends ot the arms for limiting their movements in the direcdescribed the invention, we

ltion they are pulledby said springs, a pair of pulleys connected to the eye ot said bolt, and a flexible cord attached to the inner end of each arm and passing over said pulleys for permitting the the pull of said springs.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures. PETER B. HANSEN. MELVIN HANSEN.

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